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Dr. Michael F. Bird
@mbird12
Deputy Principal at Ridley College. Neutestamentler. Anglican Priest. Love Jesus, hate coffee! CEO Evangelia Media. Views my own. Pronouns: χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι
Melbourne, Australia
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    Dr. Michael F. Bird
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    Feb 10, 2020
    The evangelical world needs leaders who embody holiness, not hubris; who grow disciples, not groom sycophants; who see themselves as naked before Christ, not robed in the prestige of their platforms; who know that when success becomes an idol that bullying becomes a sacrament.
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    Dr. Michael F. Bird
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    Aug 26, 2022
    Controversial thesis: If the highest paid person in your university or college is the basketball coach or the football coach, then it is not a university, it is a sporting franchise with a side hustle in tertiary education.
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    Dr. Michael F. Bird
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    Nov 13, 2020
    On mask-wearing at church: Things in the Bible: "Carry one another's burdens" "Love does no harm to a neighbour" "Use your freedom to ... serve one another" Things not in the Bible: "My face, my right" "Get government off my face" "Fauci is a fraud"
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    Dr. Michael F. Bird
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    Oct 27, 2022
    Let me explain how secularism works, the UK currently has: A Christian King A Hindu Prime Minister A Jewish home secretary A Muslim mayor of London And none of them want to kill each other! They are free to practice their religion and participate in politics. That is secularism!
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    Dr. Michael F. Bird
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    Oct 25, 2021
    I miss the gold old days when the Romans hated Christians for being pro-women, pro-slave, and pro-child.
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    Dr. Michael F. Bird
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    Jan 21, 2025
    Or ... Christan patriarchy is a disease that hardens our hearts, scoffs at God's mercy, and abandons God's love for the love of godlike power over others.
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    Joe Rigney
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    Jan 21, 2025
    Women's ordination is a cancer that unleashes untethered empathy in the church (and spills over into society).
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    Dr. Michael F. Bird
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    Jul 24, 2024
    Yeah, and that’s why we don’t have mass shootings, no drive-by shootings, less gangland violence, less suicides, and less intimate partner murders.
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    End Wokeness
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    Jul 23, 2024
    A few months ago, Kamala Harris said we should follow Australia on gun control. Australia confiscated 650,000 firearms owned legally by law-abiding citizens.
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    Dr. Michael F. Bird
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    Aug 19, 2021
    Everybody, repeat after me, "Western views of human rights are not universal or self-evident. They emerged in a particular context. Expecting the Taliban to embrace rainbow flags and women's suffrage is like asking Alabama to embrace mandatory veganism and sharia law."
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    Clay Travis
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    Aug 19, 2021
    Taliban leaders are asked if they’d support women leaders. Watch this reaction. Thankfully our government has written them a sternly worded letter demanding inclusivity.
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    Dr. Michael F. Bird
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    Dec 23, 2021
    My son doing the Christmas reading from Luke 2 … dressed as a banana.
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    Dr. Michael F. Bird
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    Jan 9, 2021
    I wouldn’t mind Twitter banning Donald Trump if Twitter also banned the Chinese government and other evil regimes around the world from tweeting. Remember, Twitter will only ban people if it’s useful for its public image and helps its profit margin, not on the basis of principle.
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    Dr. Michael F. Bird
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    Nov 29, 2022
    American evangelicals are the only evangelical group in the world discussing Christian nationalism because only American evangelicals think they were divinely elected to rule the country.
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    Dr. Michael F. Bird
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    Jun 15, 2022
    Sweet Mother of Melchizedek, this is just terrible and blasphemous, and it was said in a church!
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    PatriotTakes 🇺🇸
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    Jun 14, 2022
    Lauren Boebert claims Jesus “didn’t have enough [AR-15s] to keep his government from killing him.”
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    Dr. Michael F. Bird
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    Feb 12, 2023
    I tried to show the theobros that, yes, we call God "Father," and we can't make up divine pronouns as we like, BUT the ancient church rejected God as "male" since (a) God doesn't have a body; (b) A male god is anthropomorphic like the pagan gods; (c) women are in the image God.
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    Dr. Michael F. Bird
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    Dec 8, 2021
    Mary did you know that your Magnificat makes you sound like a raving Marxist Mary did you know that powerful men consider your words alarmist Mary did you know that governments will censor the song you sang And although I am a Protestant, I really want to join your gang.